CISTUS MARIFOLIUS. HOARY DWARF CISTUS.
CISTUS “ “^ ‘j " ^ suffruticosua exstipulatus, foliis oppositis petiolatis oblongis planis, subtus to.
CISTUS manfolius. Linn. S p .P l . p .m . With. Bot. Arr. e d .s .w l. t . p. 48'l. Ho/Fm. Germ wm m BH II WmEy «■ s.?. 1193. W A Hg k Hot. t. 396. Alton Hort. Kezo. ed. 2. vol. 3. p . 309.
CISTUS hirsutus. Huds. Angl. p . 2S2.
CISTUS anglicus. Linn. Mant. p. 245.
CISTUS canus. Jacq. Austr. t. 277.
CISTUS CElandicus. Jacq. Austr. t. 399'. (not o f Linn.)
HELIANTHEMUM marifolium. Decand. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. vol. 4. p. 817. II. Gall. Sun. p. 402.
HELIANTHEMUM alpinum, folio Pilosellæ minoris Fuchsii. Hoary Dwarf Mountain Cistus, with
oats-ioot Leaves. Ran Syn.p. 342.
Welsh. Cor-rosyn Uedlwyd.
C la ss AND Ord e r . POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[Natural Ord e r . CISTI, Just., Decani., Hock.]
Char. Or d m is . Calyx quinquepardtas. Pctala quinque. Stamina indefinita. Pktillum unicum Stylus
an,cum. Stigma umcum. Capmla polysperma, multivalvis, nunc unilocularis, reeeptaculo c m u X I n c 2 r i
loculans, dissepimentts e medic. valvarum. Semina numerosa, rotundata. Embryo recurvatus’vel soiralis
vel S u ffro tic e J Polia
Geh. Char. Calyx pentaphyllus, foliolis duobus minudssiraus. Petala quinque. Cpsula supera trivalvis
polysperma. r
Gek. Char. Calyx of five leaves, two much smaller’ than the rest. Petals ir e . Capsule superior, with three
valves and many seeds.
Radix subfusiformis, lignosa, ramosa, fibrosa.
Caules subpalmares, lignosi, valde ramosi, basi de-
cumbentes, nudi, intense fusci, superne erecti
foliosi.
Folia opposita, petiolata, exstipulata, horizontaliter
patentia, oblonga, superne intense viridia, sub
lente punctata, paree pilosa, marginibus parum
reflexis, subtus incana, tomentosa.
Racemi terminales, subquadriflori ; pedunculi et pedi-
celli tomentosi.
Flob.es parvi, flavi.
Calyx viridi-purpureus, villosus, foliolis tribus majori-
bus trinervibus.
Corolla pentapetala, petalis obovatis, undulads.
Stamina numerosa: Filamenta gracilia, flexuosa: Anther
® subquadratæ, flavæ : Pollen flavum, sicci-
tate oblongum, linea media quasi notatum ; ma-
dore sphoericum.
Fistillüm : Germen rotundatum, flavo-viride, hirtum :
Stylus subæque longus, geniculatus : Stigma capitatum,
glandulosum, flavum.
Root somewhat spindle-shaped, woody, branched
fibrous.
Stems about a span high, woody, extremely branched,
at the lower part decumbent, naked, of a dark
brown, above erect, leafy.
Leaves opposite, petiolated, without stipules, lying out
horizontally, oblong, their upper surface *of a
deep green, dotted under a lens, slightly hairy,
the edges a little reflexed, beneath hoary, downy.
Racemes terminal, about four-flowered; peduncles and
pedicels downy.
Flowers small, yellow.
Calyx reddish green, rough with hairs, its three largest
leaflets three-nerved.
Corolla of five petals, the petals obovate, crumpled.
Stamens numerous: Filaments slender, flexuose: Anthers
subquadrate, yellow: Pollen yellow; when
dry, of an oblong figure, and slightly marked with
a central line; when moist, spherical.
P is t il : Germen round, yellow-green, hairy: Style
about the same length, geniculated: Stigma capitate,
glandulose, yellow.
B D B H same, as it appears when moist, j g 9 P M J a t à a g ^ k i “ P ° " en' "'he° d* «• Tba
EiSaSd Md'bl'wT'"?“ ’ Cl s,u s”mr!f°li‘‘s bo confined wholly to a few mountains in the North of
ley Fell, Yorkshire where till M l T gat*iered b? the Rev. James Dalton on the summit of Cronck-
The smaller species o T o l t o I f bee” detf te? Mr- Barton and the Rev. Mr. Harriman.
are with difficulty S in lu U h S !“ “ H E H “ lled t0 which H individual belongs,
appears to be the case with this ulallt ^ w h f t h hence much | H | arlsen among authors. Indeed, it
raiding to situation Am Iwi™ t f ’. f M i Ule raorc f T ° " C- Bchanthemum, that it is liable to vary ac-
constituted a distinct specie’s bv i f main ^ T f - ’ tbe do™ J or tomentose state of C. marifolios has been
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AaractoffEmmlfveVraTrecf- Md^haThrtufm'8'“ “ 1" “'toother new plant, although Hudson, giving it the namp if bJl11 singular, Lmnteus himself took up the thspe escpieecsi foicf
the second edition of the Mantissa. ’ S James E- Smith terms the last and least perfect of his works,
I § n 2 5 h:ere, i. s^mir“8 in thicli and c,wded as